"Jérôme M. Berger" <jeberger@free.fr> writes:

> 	Hi,
>
> 	I have an issue with copy/paste. Here are the steps to reproduce:
> * Select some text (say "foo") and copy it (M-w);
> * Select some other text (say "bar") and paste (C-y):
>   -> The text "bar" is deleted and the text "foo" is inserted
>      in its place;
> * Select yet some other text (say "zzz") and paste (C-y):
>   -> Expected behavior: The text "zzz" is deleted and the text
>      "foo" is inserted in its place;
>   -> Actual behavior: The text "zzz" is deleted and the text
>      "bar" is inserted in its place.
>
> 	This behavior is with my configuration files. If I start emacs with
> -Q, pasting over selected text does not erase the selection but
> inserts the pasted text at the cursor position. In that case,
> pasting multiple times always pastes "foo". I'm not sure what part
> of my configuration changes this behavior (grepping for "yank" and
> "kill" yields nothing obvious).
>
> 	I've looked through the docs and code for the "yank" and
> "kill-ring-save" functions but could not find anything.
>
> 	Can somebody give me pointers to what
> variables/functions/customizations I should check to get the
> behavior I want?

It should come from delete-selection-mode.

Anyway, bisect your configuration should be accurate.

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